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Twitter Settles FTC Privacy Charges

The Federal Trade Commission said social-networking company Twitter Inc. settled charges that it deceived consumers and put their privacy at risk by failing to safeguard personal information.

The FTC filed complaints against Twitter, alleging "serious lapses" in the company's data security led to hackers last year obtaining access to administrative controls. That allowed hackers to access tweets that users had designated private, and allowed the intruders to send out phony tweets from accounts including one belonging...